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JORDAN KALLMAN, C.ALAIN /FLICKR, AMMAR MAHIMWALLA, K.K. LAW, ROAMING THE PLANET SCOTT DOUGLASS, K.K. LAW, ZACH BULICK/FLICKR, LOUISE SOE 14 W H AT T O S E E , D O A N D E X P E R I E N C E V ancouver's seaside location and gorgeous views have informed the work of internationally acclaimed homegrown artists like Douglas Coupland and Rodney Graham, inspired designers such as Omer Arbel and John Fluevog and fired the imagination of tech titans like Slack's Stewart Butterfield and Hootsuite's Ryan Holmes. at same natural beauty enticed the TED Talks series organizers to invite thought leaders from around the globe to meet here annually until 2020. By Steven Schelling Cultural liaisons The city proves there's an art to living well Jordan Kallman LOCAL INTEL e president of TEDxVancouver and co-founder, e Social Concierge, shares his favourite public art in Vancouver. I'm inspired by CityStudio's Keys to the Streets, where brightly painted pianos are left around the city to be played anytime the mood strikes. Nothing brings us together like music, especially when found spontaneously. CURATED COLLECTIONS If a more historical perspective is your style, thousands of archaeological and ethnographic objects representing cultures from around the world are housed inside the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. At the Vancouver Art Gallery downtown, touring exhibitions complement more than 10,000 permanent pieces, including those of celebrated turn-of-the-last-century post-impressionist, Emily Carr. Vancouver's great outdoors also plays a role (literally!) when it becomes the backdrop for the plays of Shakespeare at the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival. Indeed, to paraphrase the bard, all the city's a stage for much of the summer. ENTERTAINMENT OUTDOORS F Grass Ai Weiwei (China) Harbour Green Park (W. Cordova at Bute St.) Engagement Dennis Oppenheim (U.S.) Sunset Beach Park (Beach Ave. at Nicola St.) Giants OSGEMEOS (Brazil) Ocean Concrete worksite (Granville Island) Trans Am Totem Marcus Bowcott (Canada) (Quebec St. and Milross Ave.) Bird Wrap Ivan Eyre (Canada) Thornton Park (Across from Vancouver Pacific Central Station) Vancouver Convention Centre MOVEABLE MUSEUM During the Vancouver Biennale, works by international luminaries are exhibited outside. Here are five to see. Granville Island welcomes global indie theatre performers at the Vancouver Fringe Festival, music fills the air at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and Jericho Beach celebrates its groovy past by hosting the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.